Ansel Elgort Bio | Wiki
Ansel Elgort is an American actor and singer. He commenced his acting career with a supporting role in the horror film Carrie in 2013. Ansel gained wider recognition for starring as a teenage cancer patient in the romantic drama film The Fault in Our Stars and for his supporting role in The Divergent Series.
In 2017, he played the title character in Edgar Wright’s action thriller Baby Driver, for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical, or Comedy. He is also known for his lead role in The Goldfinch and his performance in the lead role of Tony in Steven Spielberg’s 2021 film version of West Side Story.
Ansel Elgort Age
Ansel was born on March 14, 1994, in New York, New York, United States. He is 28 years old.
Ansel Elgort Height
He is a man of tall stature and stands at a height of 6 ft 4 in (Approx. 1.93 m).
Ansel Elgort Family
He was born in New York City, to his parents Arthur Elgort and Grethe Barrett Holby. Ansel’s father is a fashion photographer who has worked extensively for Vogue magazine and his mother is an opera director. His father named him after prominent nature photographer Ansel Adams.
Ansel is of Russian Jewish descent on his father’s side and of Norwegian, English, and German ancestry on his mother’s. He has two older siblings: sister Sophie, a fashion photographer, and brother Warren, a cinematographer. At age nine, Ansel’s mother took him to try out for the School of American Ballet. He went on to study there for five years.
Ansel Elgort Girlfriend | Violetta
Ansel and his high school sweetheart Violetta Komyshan were together for nearly 10 years before splitting in 2022. After 10 years together, Ansel Elgort and Violetta Komyshan have called it quits. Ansel resides in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn.
Ansel Elgort Education
He attended Trinity School, The Professional Performing Arts School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, and Stagedoor Manor summer camp. Ansel started taking acting classes at age 12 and at LaGuardia, where he performed in a rendition of Hairspray with schoolmate Kyle Jean-Baptiste and starred in the school’s productions of Guys and Dolls. During high school, in 2009, he appeared in Teen Vogue alongside Polish model Jac Jagaciak in an editorial photographed by his father.
Ansel Elgort West Side Story
He played the lead role of Tony in West Side Story, an adaptation of the 1957 stage musical of the same name directed by Steven Spielberg. The film was released on December 10, 2021, to critical acclaim, and received seven nominations at the 94th Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
Ansel Elgort Shailene Woodley
It was announced that Ansel would play Augustus Waters in the film adaptation of John Green’s novel The Fault in Our Stars opposite Shailene Woodley, who would play Hazel Grace Lancaster.
The film followed the story of Hazel, a teenage cancer patient, who is forced by her parents to attend a support group, where she subsequently meets and falls in love with Waters, a former basketball player. The film, directed by Josh Boone, was released on June 6, 2014.
Ansel Elgort Singing
Under the name Ansølo, Ansel created a SoundCloud account to publish electronic dance music, and he has remixed songs such as “Born to Die” by Lana Del Rey. His first record, Unite, was released on April 21, 2014, on Beatport, and on May 5, 2014, on iTunes. His second record, Totem, was released on July 21, 2014, on Beatport and iTunes. Ansel’s single “To Life”, a Bar Mitzvah-themed song inflected with klezmer music, was released in September 2015.
On February 3, 2017, he released a single called “Thief” under the name Ansel Elgort. The music video featured his girlfriend Violetta Komyshan, a ballet dancer. Ansel was featured on rapper Logic’s third studio album, Everybody, released on May 5, 2017, with a song titled “Killing Spree”. On January 11, 2018, he released a single called “Supernova”.
Ansel Elgort In Divergent
Ansel’s first highly publicized role was in Divergent in 2014 as Caleb Prior, the brother of the lead character. He also reprised his role, Caleb Prior, in The Divergent Series: Insurgent, the second film of the book series Divergent, which was released on March 20, 2015, and in the third film, The Divergent Series: Allegiant, which was released on March 18, 2016.
Ansel Elgort Tokyo Vice
He starred in Tokyo Vice, a television adaptation of journalist Jake Adelstein’s non-fiction memoir for HBO Max. Michael Mann and Destin Daniel Cretton directed episodes of the series, written by J.T. Rogers.
Ansel played the lead role of Adelstein and served as one of the series’ executive producers. Although production on the series was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, production resumed and the series debuted on HBO Max on April 7, 2022, to positive reviews.
Ansel Elgort Net Worth
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Ansel’s estimated net worth is $12 million.
Who Is Ansel Elgort Dating
He and his high school sweetheart Violetta Komyshan were together for nearly 10 years before splitting in 2022.
Does Ansel Elgort Sing
Yes. Under the name Ansølo, Ansel created a SoundCloud account to publish electronic dance music, and he has remixed songs such as “Born to Die” by Lana Del Rey.